14/06/2009

WTO, UNEP: different figures on fisheries subsidies

When reading the statements by the Director of the WTO, Pascal Lamy and by UNEP I noticed that they got different figures:

Mr Lamy says: "Governments have contributed to this problem by providing nearly (USD) 16 billion annually in subsidies to the fisheries sector."

UNEP says: “perverse and wasteful subsidies totaling up to USD 35 billion a year”.


Where did they get their figures from? Who is right?

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